Adjustable crocheting-fork.



APPLICATION FILED 0CT.12, 1914-.

omen er er Win1 CHARLES OWEN RILEY, 0F COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

ADJUSTABLE cnocnErIne-ronn.

Application filed October 12, 1914.

tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates broadly to devices for knitting and crocheting, and more particularly to a crocheting fork which may be used to advantage for making numerous forms of lace.

Heretofore, it has been common practice to use a fork of practically the shape of an ordinary hair pin. l Vith this type of fork, however, but one size of lace can be manufactured, it becoming necessary to have separate forks for each size of lace. It is to overcome this difficulty that I have primarily devised the article hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fork constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken upon the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a horizontal section as seen on the planeof the line 4-d of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal. section taken along the plane of the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device; and Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section as seen on the line 77 of Fig. 5.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates a resilient plate which is bent upon its longitudinal center as seen at 2 whereby to provide a pair of spaced side plates 3. The upper end portion of each plate 3 is provided with a horizontal outwardly bulged portion 4:, and with vertical outwardly bulged portions 5 and 6 above and below the portions 4: as most clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 6.

It will be noted that the portions 5 are located adjacent the edges of the plates 3 while those designated at 6, are located near the centers of said plates. It will be further noted, by reference to the various figures of the drawings, that the outwardly bulged portions 5 constitute sectional guides forreceiving the lower upright ends 7 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1%, 1916.

Serial No. 866,328.

needles 8, while theportions 6 likewise constitute sectional guides for a pair of smaller and shorter neec les 9. The needles 8 are off- I set near their lower ends to provide horizontally extending arms 10 whose lowersides are beveled as seen in Fig. 7 in such a manner as to provide V-shaped formations for insertion into V-shaped notches 11 which are formed in the upper edges of the outwardly bulged portions By reference to Fig. 4, it will be seenthat these notches 11 are spaced different distances from the centers upon which the ends 7 may rotate, this being done in order that said needles may be turned to the positions seen in full lines in Fig. 4 or, to those seen in dotted lines therein, thereby varying the distance between said needles, for adapting the device to use inmanufacturing lace of various sizes. When the needles are adj usted, a thumb nut 12 on a transverse clamping bolt 13, is tightened, said bolt passing through the portions d of the plates 3 and thereby forcing said plates into binding contact with the lower ends 7 of said needles, when the nut 12 is tightened.

I may here explain that the needles 9 might well be employed Without the needles 8, that the latter could he used when the former are removed, and that both sets of needles may well be employed to advantage, at the same time, for constructing certain kinds of lace.

In addition to the notches 11' which constitute lateral extensions. of the upright guides formed by the portions 5, the free corners of the plates 3 are here shown as bulged outwardly at 14, thereby providlng' other lateral extensions of said guides designed to receive the arms 10 as seen in full lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 4-, it being understood that said arms 10 and the parts'carrying the same, may be locked against movement when in this position, by the nut and bolt 12 and 13.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation, and that the numerous advantages of such device will be apparent.

I claim:

1. A crochet-needle comprising a hand piece, a pair of spaced needles mounted in said'hand piece, one of said needles having a pivot offset from its lower end to adapt it for adjustment to and from the other needle,

and means for locking said needles in ad-.

said hand oiece one of said needleshavin 7 D an offset lower end revoluble in said hand piece to adapt said needle for adjustment to and from the other needle, means for preventing 7 said needle from revolving, and means for locklng said needles in said hand piece. I

3. A crochet-needle comprising a sectional hand piece having a guide, a pair of spaced needles, one of said needles having its lower end offset and revolubly mounted in said guide, means for preventing said needle from revolving in said guide, and means for locking said needles in said hand piece.

4. crochet-ncedle comprising a sectional hand piece having upright guides, lateral seats extending radially from ore of said guides, a pair of spaced needles mounted, in said guides, one of saidneedles having its lower end oflset and revolubly mounted in said guide, the portion of the needle adja- Copies of this patent may be obtained for [cent the ofi'set end adapted'to rest in said seats whereby said needle is prevented from revolvin and means for locking said needles in said hand piece.

5. A crochet-needle comprising a hand piece composed of a pair of clamping plates united at their lower ends and having outwardly bulged upright portions forming guides, lateral seats extending radially from one of said guides, a plurality of needles having their lower ends positioned in said guides, one of said needles having an ofiset lower endrevolubly mounted in the last named guide, the portion of said needle adjacent said end adapted to rest in said seats whereby to prevent the same from revolving, and'means whereby the two plates may be moved toward the other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I CHARLES ONEN RILEY. Witnesses: r A

G120. P. DINER, L. H. SANTEL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingtongl). C. 

